This moon-mining colony aims to unravel the unspoken truth about how miners are constantly being criticized and misunderstood. The design responds directly to this issue by embracing and celebrating the one thing they deal with every day … PIPES. The design aims to celebrate the pipes by exposing the services, and through this symbolic gesture possibly empower the miners in finding appreciation for what they do for a living. To create the symbolic formal response, the design tries to capture the chaos of service pipes, taming it and rendering it beautiful as an object. Transforming the perceived dirty/ugly pipes into an aesthetically beautiful work of architecture, will allow the miners to take pride in their contribution to society. Once the vocabulary of pipes was established, the design explored the different uses of pipes/tubes, addressing both service and living needs, to not only provide an immediate solution, but also create an approach that can be replicated elsewhere. The design of the mining colony is driven primarily by the processes involved in mining the isotope Helium-3 (which heavily features pipes). Helium-3 is abundantly present on the moon’s surface and is believed to be an important component of clean energy production on the earth. But the focus for this design was the psycho- social wellbeing of the individuals who will be stationed on the moon mining colony for long periods of time. The design uses technology such as virtual and augmented reality, and further argues for the value of food crop farming to alleviate the potential psycho-social tensions of being so far away from home. The design exploration mixing these two technical systems allows for a unique solution on how space exploration and human habitat can find a sustainable approach for the future.